I Have A Martial Dao World-Chapter 496 - : 496. The Milky Way pours down

Chapter 496: 496. The Milky Way pours down

True Qi rumbled forth with the thunderous sound, its roar echoing for more than a dozen miles. Li Pei’s action was to stabilize the public’s heart at the first opportunity.

Almost a million officials and citizens around Chengtian Gate Square heard it all clearly yet harbored doubts:

“The Imperial Court has grain? Is that true or false?”

“It can’t be false, right? The Emperor announced it publicly…”

Under normal circumstances, an Emperor’s words—the “golden mouth and jade words”—shouldn’t be taken lightly; a public declaration would not be false.

But the common people of the Imperial City had no shortage of one thing, and that was the swift spread of news.

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At this moment, someone hesitated, “My uncle works at the Tongzhou Granary… It’s already empty there.”

“I deliver vegetables to the house of Left Chancellor. His old man is now eating one meal every three days, setting an example and calling on his colleagues to save grain… If the Imperial Court had grain, they wouldn’t do this.”

“My supervisor also frowns all day; he doesn’t look like someone who has grain.”

People chattered endlessly, looking at the newly enthroned female Emperor with growing suspicion.

The high officials standing beside Li Pei also displayed various expressions.

Buried in numerous governmental affairs and busy preparing for the coronation ceremony, they were swamped with work every day.

Lu Yao had just returned last night and hadn’t had the chance to discuss the issue of grain.

The high officials were still in the dark about whether there really was no shortage of grain.

At this moment, under the gaze of countless pairs of eyes, veterans such as Zhang Wenda and the Left Chancellor kept their faces devoid of any hints.

But some officials with less composure were already somewhat stiff, sweating buckets.

Their anomalies were quickly noticed, sparking even louder uproar, the noise growing so intense it seemed capable of piercing the sky.

Xi Sugui and his entourage immediately laughed out loud.

“Haha, Li Pei is certainly pretending to have grain to deceive us. His plan to steal a chicken has resulted in the loss of his rice,” one of them said.

“I can guess what they will do next—transport the grain during the day, secretly take it away at night, and then bring it back ostentatiously, repeating this to create the false impression that grain is constantly being transported,” another speculated.

“Right, right, right, and there’s the trick of filling grain bags with sand to pretend there’s grain, making us think the Imperial Court has enough, and thus selling our own grain at a low price to stabilize prices,” another joined in.

The crowd railed against them, with Xi Sugui himself becoming increasingly exuberant!

He had exhausted his family’s wealth and even tapped into HSBC Bank’s resources to amass 500,000 tons of grain.

On the surface, he appeared calm and composed, but in secret, he feared that the New Dynasty might have some tactics.

If the grain prices fell, he stood to lose everything.

Once the situation was in hand and he succeeded, not only would he obtain a tremendous fortune but also significant political benefits, and he would undoubtedly receive rewards from the headquarters of HSBC Bank…

Caught up in his musings, a timid family head whispered,

“We have all hoarded a lot of grain. What if the Devil Lu takes a desperate risk and tries to seize it by force?”

Xi Sugui laughed, “Little brother needs not worry. The new regime is just establishing itself—it is the time to gather public support and build national credit. If the Devil really does that, the Great Yi Dynasty won’t last long.”

In the midst of casual talk, several influential figures who had hoarded the most grain exchanged glances subtly, with everything understood without words.

These individuals had already made full preparations, with the majority of their grain stored on cargo ships, ready to sail away immediately if anything went wrong.

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By now, more and more citizens were worried about the impending grain shortage—a matter of life and death.

The noisy and chaotic scene grew increasingly tumultuous, the clamor reaching towards the heavens.

Left Chancellor sighed and was about to quell the crowd to prevent further unrest.

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Though he could control the situation, the New Dynasty’s prestige would undoubtedly be damaged.

Once national credit is tarnished, it takes a much greater effort to restore it.

At that moment, although the high-ranking officials at the scene remained silent, they all secretly thought the young female Emperor lacked composure.

Moreover, considering Li Pei’s radical and naïve reform proposals, they shook their heads in disbelief.

Only a few sisters looked eagerly at their men, seemingly expecting something.

Zhang Wenda noticed that Lu Yao and his family always maintained their composure, and a thought struck him. He immediately smiled and smoothed the situation over:

“If Your Majesty has spoken decisively, there must be assurance behind it. May I ask what solution you have to break the deadlock?”

A group of high-ranking officials also looked towards Lu Yao, wondering what plans this Lord Lu, who had achieved Divine Manifestation, had in such a situation.

Lu Yao stood up and looked at the emotionally charged scene, saying:

“It seems that the people have little confidence in The New Dynasty. However, I can understand that, it takes time for them to become familiar with the change.”

As he spoke, he took out an exquisite model of a battleship, which was none other than the Creation Immortal Boat.

“I’ve obtained some grain, and I was thinking of introducing it into the market through official channels… but I’ve changed my mind. Let’s take this opportunity, with everyone here, to give them some reassurance.”

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At this moment, the noisy crowd also noticed that a young man had stepped forward on Chengtian Gate.

“It’s Lord Lu!”

“Lord Lu has something to say!”

In an instant, the crowd quieted down from near to far, until the silence was so profound that one could hear a pin drop.

Several hundred thousand or even nearly a million pairs of eyes turned to Lu Yao, filled with hope and longing, as well as suspicion and curses.

The people of the Wudang Sect, Fu Fangsheng and his good brothers, martial powers from around Yunzhou, and Yun Qinglan and others were all very curious about what Lu Yao would do.

Meanwhile, Xi Sugui maintained his composure on the surface, pretending to be a spectator enjoying the drama, but deep down he had an ominous premonition, and his smile was slightly stiff.

Under the gaze of thousands, Lu Yao calmly declared in a clear voice:

“Today, The New Dynasty is established, and the Empress ascends the throne; it should be a joyous day, a day to celebrate with all the people.”

His voice, carried by Mind Force, was not loud, yet it was as clear as if he was conversing face-to-face with everyone.

While everyone was pondering the meaning of his words, they saw Lu Yao raise his hand and the Creation Immortal Boat flew into the sky, expanding before the wind to become a massive object that covered the sun.

Through it as a medium, Lu Yao opened a series of Space-Time Bubbles filled with rice high in the sky!

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The floating battleship loomed above, and everyone instinctively looked up……

The next second, something poured down from the sky like a torrential downpour!

The crowd screamed in shock, instinctively raising their hands to shield their heads and faces, but they quickly realized what was falling on them—it was rice!

White, gleaming rice! The fine rice with no sand mixed in! The top-grade rice from the grain stores!

At that moment, the entire area of Chengtian Gate, Chang’an Street, and the plaza in front of Chengtian Peace Gate was covered in this kind of “downpour.”

Soon, the ground was blanketed in white as if it had just snowed.

Countless people stared dumbfounded as the rice rained down from the sky, filling their collars and slipping through the spaces between their fingers and hair.

Some instinctively grabbed a handful, giving it a firm squeeze, realizing it felt very real, not an illusion or a dream.

Then they put the rice in their mouths to chew, the fragrance of the grains filling their mouths, and as it went down into their empty stomachs, a sense of immense satisfaction washed over them!

“It’s really rice! It’s really rice! There’s rice falling from the sky!”

With that shout, the people exclaimed in surprise and started to stuff the rice into their pockets, eventually realizing that it was more efficient to use their clothes as sacks. Others, while stuffing rice, also ate it, creating a chaotic scene.

This rice, replaced from the strategic reserves of Xia Country, was not even sought after in Blue Star. But in the Otherworld, it was premium rice only some could enjoy, enough to drive people mad with desire!

No matter how much the people took or ate, the rice on the ground seemed to increase rather than decrease.

The rice continued to fall from the sky, creating a storm that swept through the heavens and earth as if the celestial river had overturned!

Even the Mecha Warriors serving as the honor guard were dumbstruck by such a spectacle.

Bathed in the “downpour,” they let the rice grains clatter against their Steel Armor.

Some couldn’t help but flip up their visors, catching the grains with their mouths and chewing voraciously, their expressions one of shock!

“Lord Lu… has made food fall from the sky!!!”